Sept. 16, 2025 Study warns pest resistance threatens corn industry's newest biotech defense University of Arizona research finds that corn rootworms, pests responsible for billions of dollars in yearly crop losses, are evolving resistance that weakens even the latest biotechnology controls.
Sept. 10, 2025 University of Arizona joins STARFIRE Hub for inertial fusion energy The University of Arizona has joined a national multi-institution research partnership that aims to advance the manufacturing technologies required for achieving the benefits of fusion.
Sept. 9, 2025 U of A research: Top 25 among public institutions, No. 1 in Arizona in new Washington Monthly list The University of Arizona ranks No. 1 in Arizona and No. 2 among all colleges and universities in the Big 12 Conference in The Washington Monthly's inaugural Best Colleges for Research ranking.
Sept. 3, 2025 President Garimella's inaugural annual letter: U of A is 'vibrant, resilient and ready for a bright future' University of Arizona President Suresh Garimella has released his inaugural annual letter to the university community, reflecting on his first year leading the institution and outlining priorities for the future.
Sept. 2, 2025 U of A topped $257M in total funding for active research partnerships that included Native tribes in fiscal year 2025 The figure accounts for the total funding allotment for all projects that in some way involved tribal communities, and that were active at any point in fiscal year 2025, including projects that have run for many years.
Aug. 28, 2025 Video: Exploring fusion energy at the University of Arizona Fusion, the process that powers the sun, is moving from theory to reality. Horst Hahn, special advisor to the senior vice president in the Office of Research & Partnerships, describes the process of controlled fusion and the powerful applications of this emerging technology.
Aug. 26, 2025 An ancient signpost: Minute fossils tell big story about arthropod evolution A research team led by the U of A found that the brain of the extinct creature Jianfengia is very similar to that of living crustaceans, placing it in the ancestry of insects and crustaceans, not spiders and their relatives, as had been previously assumed.
Aug. 26, 2025 A growing baby planet photographed for first time in a ring of darkness Using a cutting-edge optics system developed at the University of Arizona, researchers have gotten a glimpse of what our solar system likely looked like during its infancy.
Aug. 23, 2025 Fall semester launches a new chapter in the University of Arizona's history The university opens the 2025-26 academic year on solid financial footing, and with a campuswide focus on student success, research that shapes the future, and engagement with communities.
Aug. 22, 2025 Asteroid Bennu is a time capsule of materials bearing witness to its origin and transformation over billions of years Three new papers reveal yet more secrets from samples collected by the University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission from asteroid Bennu.
